DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JUNE 24, 2005 #405

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec1

(1) Arrests Follow Searches In Medical Marijuana Raids (2) Policing Gays
(3) R.I. House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill (4) Last Orders For Magic
Mushroom Enthusiasts

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) State May 'Just Say No' To Financial Aid (6) U.S. Says No To $150
Million To Fight Coca Farming (7) High Office? (8) Michigan Lawmaker Seeks
Hemp Candy Ban (9) OPED: Criminalization Out Of Control

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(10) Police-Informant Funds Questioned In Sallisaw (11) Judge Dismisses
Border Patrol Search (12) High Court Declines To Clarify
Sentencing-Guideline (13) Prison Costs Lock Up State Budget Dollars (14)
For Many, A Prison Record Poses Major Obstacle To Advancement

Cannabis & Hemp

(15) MS Sufferers Gain Access To New Drug (16) Specter Favors Rx Grass (17)
State Issues Pot Cards Again (18) Newburyport Man Makes Case For Medical
Use Of Marijuana (19) Watched Pot

International News

(20) Toughen Penalties For Meth (21) Crystal Meth (22) Meth Reports
Exaggerated, Researcher Finds (23) Drug War In Colombia: Is There Any Progress?

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec3

John Walters Defends Endless Drug War

Stand Up And Tell The Truth / By Teri Weefur

Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" Returns To The Internet

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

MarijuanaNews World Report June 23, 2005 / With Richard Cowan

No Vote on Student Drug Testing

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec4

Nation Is Addicted To Drug Prohibition / By Larry Seguin

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec5

Headlining Support For Prohibition In All Its Abstract Glory / By Stephen Young

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n405.html#sec6

P.J. O'Rourke